Word: sputterers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What can happen, though, is if you're not firing on all cylinders in that offense. You can sputter. I think you stop the Multiflex, and I've looked at it on film, you stop it by doing things to disconcert that thing...
...triumphs: Houston, site of the Republican National Convention, where the two old friends will launch their last campaign together. But they will have little time for nostalgia. Arrayed against them are obstacles greater than any they have faced in their three decades as a team. The economy continues to sputter, with unemployment stuck near 10% in the major industrial states and consumer confidence in a funk. The President trails Democrat Bill Clinton by 25 points in national polls. Many Republican lawmakers, frightened by local surveys that show Bush dragging them down, are skipping the Houston convention. And the G.O.P...
...policymakers greeted reports last week that the economy had grown at a rate of 2% in the first quarter of 1992. It was nearly a year ago, after all, that many of the same experts, after examining similar figures, pronounced the recession over -- only to watch an anemic recovery sputter out later that summer. Now, with an election six months away, no one wants to cry "Recovery!" prematurely again. "There are some areas that are still hurting," said an equivocal George Bush, "but clearly this is a good sign...
Their offense may sputter, but the ferocious Fire defense led by All-World LB Jon Brantley will keep them competitive...
...beginning to wonder whether they will have to eat their words. Their doubts come on the heels of some disturbing evidence -- rising layoffs, a traumatized banking system and crippling debts -- that the economy may be in worse shape than anyone suspected. The pessimists believe the recovery could soon sputter out and turn into another recession, the second half of a so-called double dip. That happened in five of the past eight recessions, as the economy recovered for one or two quarters before suffering a relapse...